Ichirō Sugai
1943
Sanshiro Sugata
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading br…
1944
The Most Beautiful
Young women at a precision optics factory in wartime Japan push to exceed production quota…
1945
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his…
1947
One Wonderful Sunday
Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as th…
1949
Stray Dog
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a ho…
1951
Early Summer
In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career an…
1952
The Life of Oharu
During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page sig…